Nose reshaping cost over £80,000

AN ART dealer has been left facing a court bill of up to £80,000 after harassing a celebrity plastic surgeon she claims botched her nose reshaping

Dr Riccardo Frati is a Harley Street surgeon who has operated on celebrities including reality TV stars Gemma Collins and Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace. He took 54-year-old Karen Bowen-Carter, a former patient and modern art dealer, to court for harassment over a series of posts and online messages.

Dr Frati accused her of "stirring up criticism" of him online. Mrs Bowen-Carter was found in breach of a legally binding undertaking that she not contact his patients during the harassment case, and now faces a High Court bill of up to £80,000.

Dr Frati accuses Ms Bowen-Carter of deliberately spreading false claims that he has "fraudulently" given celebs cut-price treatments in order to get positive reviews. In 2021, as part of the claim, she agreed to an undertaking not to contact Dr Frati, his staff or patients. However, she was ordered back to court and accused of contempt after continuing to contact his patients online after she had given the undertaking.

During a previous hearing David Sherborne KC, Dr Frati's barrister, said the medic had taken action against Ms Bowen-Carter only as last resort, saying: "He has been driven to do so by her repeated breaches."

Mrs Justice Farbey found Mrs Bowen-Carter in contempt of court for contacting four of his patients and told her: "I am sure you were reckless in doing so. You didn't think in the slightest about what you were doing."

Again, Ms Justice Farbey said that, in contacting Dr Frati's patients, she was sure Mrs Bowen-Carter "intended harm" to the doctor. Mrs Bowen-Carter was fined £1,200 and ordered to pay Dr Frati's lawyers' bills - which are estimated at about £80,000 but will be assessed by the court at a later date.